Merrick Meek, the head of the Bryanston branch of Rawson Properties, has become embroiled in a controversy involving the illegal sale of state land and is being probed by a high-level organised crime task team, led by the Hawks.

A massive advertising "wrap" covering almost half of a multi-storey Durban building has sparked a legal storm in which the eThekwini municipality is accused of adopting a "farcical, selective and unconstitutional stance" to outdoor advertising, an industry that generates more than R1 billion a year in SA.

The developers of Lagoon Bay, near George, whose development plans were rejected by the Western Cape government despite approval from the local town council, have resubmitted their proposal, suggesting that what would have been a massive golf estate should now become an eco-friendly agrivillage.

A section of the cutting where the Chapman's Peak toll plaza is being built appears to have collapsed, tearing the wire netting and leaving some of the strengthening rods suspended in air. It apparently happened on Saturday.

Middelburg Mall, Sandton City, Kagiso Mall, Tribeca Standard Restaurant at Lynnwood Bridge and Hackett London at Sandton City all won top honours at the annual South African shopping centre industry awards.